
This is
South Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona. I'm told that these
TV and radio towers are iconic to the South Side area we stayed in. The top of the mountain also provides a
pretty awesome view of Phoenix and the sprawling areas around it.
After South Mountain, we paid a visit to
this gentleman. He keeps an year-round, outdoor display of his
collection.
Then, guided by my old friend
Brandon and my new friend
Alex, it was on to
Superstition Mountain and the Lost Dutchman's Mine. Also, I've been saving little bits of
fancy slide film for special occasions like this. I was very excited to use it.
So one of my big goals for my Arizona trip was to
pan for gold. I consider myself pretty realistic in regard to what I'm good and not good at. I quickly learned that panning for gold is definitely on the list of things that I am not good at. If I were a prospector back in that period, I would end up working in a brothel. I did manage to find
the bits of garnet they sprinkle in so you don't feel bad about youself when you've thrown away all your gold.
Continuing my taking-pictures-of-cactus-which-are-really-just-trees trend, here's
another one. This one is sensitive to vibration and spits barbed needles in the direction of your motion.
More cactus/getting burned by shooting film. Speaking of burn,
it was really hot.
I think
this picture is saying something political, but I'm not quite sure what.
This one isn't.
Then we went to the West-coast exclusive fine dining establishment of
In-N-Out Burger for lunch.
Nicole seemed to like it. I don't know if she would have liked
this or not. I'm guessing not.
Then I got a chance go to
Immaculate and get a tattoo of the friend I made in Tucson from the homie
Mando Rascon. Then we had
our last night in Phoenix.